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UNSC and Insurrectionist ships clashing.

Human starships were space faring vessels built by Humans. Humans have maintained and created numerous starships throughout their existence and numerous factions have controlled them.

Overview

Organization

Management

A number of factions operate Human starships, including the Unified Earth Government and its branches the UNSC and the CAA. The Insurrectionist factions, the United Rebel Front and the New Colonial Alliance as well operated their own ships. Independent human governments such as the Gao Republic. The Covenant remnant faction the Keepers of the One Freedom also made use of some human starships.

Identification

Human ships can be identified in numerous ways. The most common way to do so are their names and their prefix. Known prefixes include:

Other identification methods include the Hull classification symbol, the Crew emblem, the UNSC REG system, the UNc system, and the UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping's Freighter identification codes.

Design and specifications

Numerous shipyards across human space produced or repaired ships. The best shipyards in the Outer Colonies by 2557 were at Komoya, Sverdlovsk system.[1] Other planets and moons that have or had shipyards are Reach, Tribute, Mars, Earth, Luna, and Rhea.

Numerous companies produce ships as well; such as the Oros Trading Company, TanSec AB, Halifax Spacewerx, Aerofabrique SA, Reyes-McLees Shipyards, and SinoViet Heavy Machinery.

Armament

Humans have had armed ships since the ancient days. An ancient example is the Fibril cutter. Post-Great Purification weapons include Archer Missiles, M910 Point-defense guns, Shiva-class nuclear missiles and on larger ships, the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon.

Complement

Starfighters and dropships act as complement for numerous ships and ship types. For the starfighters, there is the GA-TL1 Longsword-class Interceptor, the F-41 Exoatmospheric Multirole Strike Fighter, the Open Frame 92/Extra-Vehicular Activity, and the YSS-1000 Prototype Anti-Ship Spaceplane. For dropships, there are the Pelican line of ships, the Condor line, the D82-EST Darter, and the D96-TCE Albatross.

History

Ancient Spacefaring

Main article: Prehistoric human civilization
Ancient human ships including an Ancient human cruisers.

Humanity was once a highly advanced spacefaring civilization, spanning a number of star systems. They operated a number of ships, including the Prime cruiser. Following the Human-Forerunner war, humanity was fragmented and de-evolved into a variety of subspecies and losing all space travel knowledge in the process.

Post-Great Purification rebuilding

Colony ships in orbit of Luna.
Main article: Domus Diaspora

Due to the Great Purification, humanity had to rebuild it's space based efforts. It wouldn't be until 2291 before humanity relearned the secrets of Slipstream Space, thanks to the efforts of Tobias Shaw and Wallace Fujikawa[2] In 2362, the first extra-solar colony ship was created, named the Odyssey. This sparked a wave of colonization.[3] Along with the Odyssey, the first known ship of the prolific Phoenix-class colony ship was built.[4] These colonization ships were built or otherwise serviced above Luna.[5]

Insurrection

Main article: Insurrection

By 2490, humans had established 800 colonies, divided by the prospering Inner colonies and the under developed Outer Colonies.[3] Political tension existed because of this division. One of the starting factors of the resulting insurrection was the Callisto Incident which saw the capture of the UNSC Callisto.[6] Space warfare between the UNSC and insurrectionist factions took place.

The UNSC developed a number of ship classes during this period including the Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser,[7] the Orion-class assault carrier,[8] and the Halcyon-class light cruiser.[9]

Human-Covenant war

Main article: Human-Covenant war
The wreckage of UNSC ships over Camber.

At the start of the war, the UNSC stripped the Colonial Military Administration of most of it's naval resources and gave them to NAVCOM.[10]

Over the course of the Human-Covenant war, the UNSC saw huge losses in terms of starships lost. Though with the war, new developments came. Construction on the UNSC Infinity, post-Halo's largest starship, in 2544.[11]

Post-war

The Infinity with its Autumn-class heavy cruiser escorts.

After the war, an unprecedented addition human ships was created, the energy shield. The Autumn-class heavy cruiser, the Strident-class heavy frigate and the Infinity-class supercarrier were all added to the UNSC's fleet; all three had built in shielding.[12][13]

As well, the various ship battles over the course of the war created debris fields over human colonies. One instance of this was over Tribute.[14] Civilians could also scavenge some of these ruined ships and even claim them using loopholes in the maritime salvage law.[15]

Types

Warship

Main article: Warship

The UNSC has operated most of humanity's post-Great Purification fleets, including their most powerful warships. These include the powerful cruisers, carriers and a battleship class. Smaller vessels include corvettes, frigates, and destroyers.

Insurrectionists as well managed to capture or otherwise procure warships. The Iliad, a United Rebel Front frigate, was known to harass and attack UNSC ships around Eridanus II in 2517.[16] The URF also operated a destroyer, the URF Origami.[17]

Ships of the line

Insurrectionist ships
Faction Class Ship Name Notes
United Rebel Front Charon-class light frigate Iliad
Destroyer URF Origami
Unknown Gateway
Unknown Charon-class light frigate Bellicose Captained by Lyrenne Castilla.
CMA ships
Main article: Colonial Military Administration
Class Ship Name Notes
Charon-class light frigate CMA Arabia
CMA Vostok
Hillsborough-class destroyer CMA Heracles
Independent government ships
Faction Class Ship Name Notes
Gao Republic Basilisk Independence
Patrol corvette Esmeralda

Colony starships

Main article: Colony ship

Humanity maintained numerous colony ships, the Phoenix-class colony ship, the Star Charter-class colony support ship, and an unidentified colony ship.

Ships of the line

CAA ships
Main article: Colonial Administration Authority
Class Ship Name Notes
Phoenix-class colony ship CAA First Reverie
Springhill-class mining ship CAA Heavy Burden
Unknown CAA Butterworth
CAA Chalybeate
CAA Casbah
CAA Irbid
Corporate ships
Faction Class Ship Name Notes
Liang-Dortmund Corporation Star Charter-class colony support ship Meridian 5-Alpha Grounded to Meridian
Unknown NZ-111 27 Colonized Darkstar Station, Meridian
Other
Class Ship Name Notes
Unknown Odyssey Colonized Reach

Cargo ships

Several cargo ships and Freighters were created by humans. This includes the Parabola-class freighter, the Laden-class freighter, the Bactrian-class freighter, the Unidentified civilian cargo ship, and the Mariner-class transport ship.

Ships of the line

Civilian ships
Main article: Civilian vehicles
Class Ship Name Notes
Parabola-class freighter Laden Unknown
Mariner-class transport ship Ace of Spades Unknown
Unknown Distancia Unknown
Finnegan's Wake Unknown
Floral Express Unknown
Kestrel Destroyed
Petya Abandoned
Pilgrims' Pride Destroyed
Non-human operated ships
Faction Class Ship Name Notes
Keepers of the One Freedom Laden-class freighter True Light

Yacht

Main article: Yacht

Yachts are personal luxury craft in use by civilians primarily.

Tug

Main article: Tug
Class Ship Name Notes
Tug Galileo's Worst Enemy Unknown

Other

Civilian ships
Class Ship Name Notes
Unknown Two Drink Minimum Unknown
National Holiday Destroyed in Insurrectionist bombing
CMA ships
Class Ship Name Notes
Unknown CMA Season of Plenty
CMA Laden
CMA Argo

Gallery

  • A line up of several UNSC warships, including carriers, cruisers, a frigate and a destroyer

    A line up of several UNSC warships, including carriers, cruisers, a frigate and a destroyer

  • Various ancient human warships including a one class of cruiser

    Various ancient human warships including a one class of cruiser

  • Phoenix-class colony ships

    Phoenix-class colony ships

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: Renegades, chapter 1
  2. ^ Halo 3, multiplayer map Orbital
  3. ^ a b Xbox.com: Halo Storyline (Defunct, Copy on HBO Forums, Wayback Machine, and Halopedia)
  4. ^ Halo: Outpost Discovery, Hall of History
  5. ^ Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo, Domus Diaspora, p. 52-53
  6. ^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, p. 436
  7. ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Bulkhead Banter
  8. ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Armory Amore
  9. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets - page 60
  10. ^ Halo Wars - Collectible: Halo Wars Timeline Events
  11. ^ Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo - page 133
  12. ^ Spartan Ops - Episode 1: Departure
  13. ^ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - En Voyage
  14. ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 179
  15. ^ Halo: First Strike (2010) - Adjunct
  16. ^ Halo: Fall of Reach, Boot Camp
  17. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 36-37

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Types of ships
Military craft
Civilian vessels
Ships by species and faction

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Human ship classifications
Stealth craft
Heavy frigates Paris-class • Strident-class
Light frigates Anlace-class • Charon-class • Mulsanne-class • Stalwart-class
Heavy destroyers Able-class • Hillsborough-class
Light destroyers Diligence-class • Halberd-class • Unidentified
Heavy cruisers Autumn-class • Marathon-class • Valiant-class
Light cruisers Halcyon-class
Unclassified
By human faction: UEG (UNSC • CAA) • Insurrectionist
UNSC Marathon Heavy Cruiser

Capital Ship, Medium (95 PTS)
Movement 8" Systems Loadout
Damage Track 6 • 6 • 3
Hard Burn (2")
Missile Barrage*
Point Defense (4)
Titanium Armour (3)
Build Rating 2
Hangars 2
Boarding Craft 2
Security Detail 2
Primary Weapon Range Weapon Loadouts Arc Dice
Heavy Mac 16/32" MAC (2) F 8

Layout Guide/Planet

Layout Guide/Planet
Astrographical

System:

Star system

Orbiting:

The star it orbits

Orbital position:

The planet's position in the system, written in words

Moon(s):

The amount and names of Natural satellites that orbit the planet

Physical

Diameter:

Diameter of the planet

Gravity:

Gravity

Length of day:

Length of a day on the planet

Length of year:

Length of a year on the planet

Atmosphere:

Atmospheric composition

Surface temperature:

Average temperatures

Societal

Demonym:

Descriptor word for things on the planet

Species:

Species found on the planet

  • Transplanted or colonizing species should have "(Non-native)" beside it

Population:

Population

Colonized:

Colonization date

Government:

Controlling government(s)

 

The opening section should state the basic locational information of the planet, such as which system it is in, which arm of the galaxy it is in, any sectors it is in. Any short summaries of the history, physical, geopolitical or other facets of the planet should also be put here to act as an introduction.

While not all the sections below will be applicable to every planet due to a variety of differences, care should be taken to make sure what information is available is organized in this format.

Overview

Topography

This section should contain the physical information of the planet, such as the types of biomes, and the flora and fauna on the planet.

Locations

A list of locations on or above the planet. A select few ways to display certain types of locations:

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Government and society

Anything related to the individual governance of the planet, the planet's connections to interstellar polities, the culture, the economy and defense of the planet should be discussed here.

Defenses

Economy

Culture

Known residents

A list of people and families that have resided or were born on the planet. Links to the list of residents of constituent locations should be used in place if needed.

History

Pre-history

Anything that happened millions or billions of years prior to the Great Purification.

Ancient history

What happened on the planet during the hundreds of thousands of years prior to the Great Purification. This includes the events of the human-forerunner wars and the forerunner-flood war as well as all the events leading up to and during the firing of the Halo array.

Post-Great Purification

What happened on the planet between the Great Purification and 852 CE. This includes the events right after the firing of the Halo array, including the collapse of eco-systems, the reseeding of life on planets, the formative events of the Covenant, and human historical events that are explicitly mentioned in Halo media.

Pre-Covenant war

What happened on the planet between 852 CE and 2525 CE.

Covenant controlled

For Covenant controlled planets, to be used for the entire length of time.

Domus Diaspora

For human controlled planets, for the time frame 2362 CE to 2494.

Insurrection

For human controlled planets, for the time frame 2494 CE to 2525 CE.

Human-Covenant war

What happened on the planet between 2525 CE and 2552 CE. This section focuses on the battles and various effects the Human-Covenant war had on the planet. Optional sub-section can be created specifically about a battle that took place on or around the planet if one occurred/there is enough information to warrant it.

Post-war

What happened on the planet between 2553 CE and 2561 CE. This includes the events of the various post-war conflicts, including the Sangheili-Jiralhanae war, the renewed Insurrectionist efforts, and activity of pirate and raiding groups in this timeframe.

Created conflict

Subsection about the effects, battles and events of the Created conflict.

Distant future

This includes all events after 2561 CE.

Gameplay

Information and links about multiplayer/arena maps, Firefight maps, Warzone maps, and campaign levels should be put here.

Production notes

Anything related to cut content, oddities about how the planet appears in Halo media, or behind the scenes information about the planet should be put here.

Trivia

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Gallery

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List of appearances

This is the list of all the Halo media the planet has appeared or has been mentioned in.

Sources

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